1899

January 1

• Birth of Juozas Tallat-Kelpsa composer. [1]
• Birth of Lev V Kuleshov Tambov Russia, director/theorist (Po Zakonu). [1]
• Birth of Raymond Loucheur composer. [1]

January 2

• Birth of Alexander Tcherepnin Saint Petersburg Russia, composer. [1]
• Birth of Paul-Henri Spaak Belgium, Premier/Secretary-General of NATO (1957-61). [1]

January 5

• Birth of Albert van Dalsum Dutch actor/director (Little Rascal). [1]

January 6

• Birth of Phyllis Haver Douglas Kansas, silent screen actress (What Price Glory). [1]

January 7

• Birth of Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc Paris, composer/pianist (Les Biches). [1]
• Birth of Kenneth Thomson Pittsburgh Pennsylvania; actor (Broadway Melody, Little Giant). [1]

January 8

• Birth of Solomon WRD Bandaranaike premier of Ceylon (1956-59). [1]

January 9

• Birth of Alexander Tcherepnin Saint Petersburg Russia, composer. [1]

January 11

• Birth of Eva LeGallienne actress/director (Resurrection). [1]

January 12

• Birth of Paul Hermann Müller in Olten, Switzerland; Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the chemical DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane), as an insecticide of significant power. [1] [37]

January 14

• Birth of Fritz Bayerlein German Lieutenant-General (WWI, Poland, Libya, Saint Louis). [1]

January 15

• Birth of Goodman Ace radio/TV actor/writer/columnist/humorist (Better of Goodman). [1]

January 17

• Birth of Al Capone Italy, gangster (Chicago bootlegging). [1]
• Birth of Nevil Shute (Norway) London, novelist (On the Beach, Town Like Alice). [1]
• Birth of Robert Maynard Hutchins US, educator/civil libertarian. [1]
• Birth of Roel [Martinus F] Houwink Dutch literary (One Man Without Character). [1]

January 19

• Birth of [John] Herbert Whitton Sumsion organist/composer. [1]

January 20

• Birth of Alexander Tcherepnin composer. [1]
• Birth of Kenjiro Takayanagi Vice President (JVC). [1]

January 22

• Birth of Guido Kisch Czech/German/US historian (Jews in medieval Germany). [1]
• Birth of Martti Haavio [P Mastapää], Finnish linguist/poet. [1]

January 23

• Birth of Humphrey Bogart actor (Casablanca, Caine Mutiny, African Queen). [1]
• Birth of Joseph Nathan Kane historian (Famous Firsts). [1]

January 25

• Birth of Ace Goodman Kansas City Missouri, comedian (Easy Aces). [1]
• Birth of Paul-Henri Spaak Belgium, statesman, leader in European integration. [1]

January 26

• Birth of Wyllis Cooper Pekin Illinois, TV narrator (Volume One). [1]

January 27

• Birth of Granville English composer. [1]

January 28

• Birth of Zilner T Randolph jazz trumpeter/arranger. [1]

January 30

• Birth of Max Theiler English/US microbiologist (Nobel Prize 1951). [1]

February 2

• Birth of Benny Rubin Boston Massachusetts; actor/comedian (Benny Rubin Show). [1]

February 3

• Birth of Doris Speed actress (Annie-Coronation Street). [1]
• Birth of Forrest "Red" DeBernardi basketball hall of famer (elected 1961). [1]

February 6

• Birth of Ramon Novarro [José RG Samaniegos], Durango Mexico; actor (Ben Hur). [1]

February 7

• Birth of Arvid Pelshe Latvian Communist leader, CPSU Politburo member. [1]

February 12

• Birth of Albert Huybrechts composer. [1]

February 14

• Birth of John Randall Jr Michigan, historian/philosopher (Western Man). [1]

February 15

• Birth of Gale Sondergard Litchfield Minnesota, actress (Cat and Canary, Road to Rio). [1]
• Birth of Georges Auric Lodève France, composer (It Always Rains on Sunday). [1]
• Birth of Lillian Disney Mrs Walt Disney. [1]

February 18

• Birth of Sir Arthur Bryant English historian (King Charles II). [1]

February 20

• Birth of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Long Island New York, railroad tycoon. [1]
• Birth of Leon Woizikowski Polish dancer/ballet master (Ballets Russes). [1]

February 22

• Birth of Dwight Frye Salina Kansas; actor (Black Camel, Dracula, Frankenstein). [1]

February 23

• Birth of E Langgässer writer. [1]
• Birth of Erich Kästner Dresden German author (Emil and the Detective). [1]

February 24

• Birth of Jacob Presser Dutch historian/writer (Down-fall). [1]

February 25

• Birth of Leo J Weisgerber German linguist. [1]

February 27

• Birth of Charles H Best Maine, physiologist/co-discoverer of diabetes treatment (Insulin). [1]
• Birth of Ian Keith Boston Massachusetts; actor (Rochefort-3 Musketeers). [1]
• Birth of Sulo Nikolai Salonen composer. [1]

February 28

• Birth of Frederick Denison Maurice Hocking pathologist. [1]

March 2

• Birth of Pattie Maie Menzies Australian dame. [1]

March 3

• Birth of Alfred M Gruenther US, commanding general (NATO, 1953-56). [1]
• Birth of Juri Olescha writer. [1]

March 5

• Birth of Patrick Hadley composer. [1]

March 8

• Birth of Eric Linklater Scotland, novelist/poet/historical writer (Blue Swallows). [1]

March 10

• Birth of Finn Hoffding; composer. [1]

March 11

• Birth of Frederick IX king of Denmark (1947-72). [1]

March 13

• Birth of Pancho Vladigerov composer. [1]

March 17

• Birth of Gloria Swanson Chicago Illinois, actress (Sadie Thompson, Killer Bees). [1]

March 18

• Birth of Lavrenti Beria chief of Soviet secret police under Stalin. [1]

March 25

• Birth of Bella Spewack Hungary, playwright (Kiss Me Kate). [1]
• Birth of Jacques Audiberti French poet (Race of Men). [1]

March 26

• Birth of James B Connant chemist/college president (Yale). [1]
• Birth of William Baines composer. [1]

March 27

• Birth of Gloria Swanson in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Sadie Thomson, Queen Kelly). [1] [5]

March 28

• August Anheuser Busch, Jr. is born; brewing magnate and baseball executive (dies 1989). [5]

March 30

• Birth of Irving Thalberg US producer (MGM). [1]

April 3

• Birth of Cees Lasseur Dutch actor/owner (Hague Comedy). [1]

April 4

• Birth of William Brann cricketer (South African batsman versus England 1922-23). [1]

April 5

• Birth of William Hornby Steer barrister/judge. [1]

April 7

• Birth of Robert Marcel Casadesus French pianist/composer (Prix Diémer). [1]

April 11

• Birth of Percy L Julian chemist (drugs for treatment of arthritis). [1]

April 13

• Birth of Alexander Alexandrovich Davidenko composer. [1]
• Birth of Alfred Moser Butts game inventor (Scrabble). [1]
• Birth of Alfred Schutz Austrian/US architect/philosopher. [1]

April 17

• Birth of Vincent Wigglesworth entomologist. [1]

April 21

• Birth of Clement D'Hooghe composer. [1]
• Birth of Randall Thompson New York City, New York, composer (Trip to Nahant). [1]

April 22

• Birth of Martyn Green London; actor (Gilbert and Sullivan, Iceman Cometh). [1]
• Birth of Vladimir Nabokov Saint Petersburg, novelist. [1]

April 23

• Birth of Dame Edith Ngaio Marsh Christchurch New Zealand, Kiwi mystery writer (Black Beech and Honeydew). [1]
• Birth of Vladimir Nabokov Saint Petersburg Russia, novelist (Lolita, Ada). [1]

April 26

• Birth of Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Decatur Texas; actor (Circus Boy, Hoedown, Country Fair, Blackmail). [1]

April 29

• Birth of Duke [Edward Kennedy] Ellington in Washington DC; bandleader ("Take the A Train", "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)") (dies 1974). [1] [5]
• Birth of Karl Yngve Skold composer. [1]
• Birth of Natalie Talmadge actress (Our Hospitality). [1]

April 30

• Birth of Jannetje Fisherman-Roosendaal author (regional novels). [1]
• Birth of Lucie Mannheim Berlin, actress (East Meets West, 39 Steps). [1]

May 1

• Birth of Jón Leifs Iceland, composer/conductor. [1]

May 3

• Birth of Aline MacMahon McKeesport Pennsylvania, actress (Backdoor to Heaven). [1]

May 5

• Birth of Freeman Gosden Richmond Virginia, radio actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy). [1]

May 8

• Birth of Friedrich August von Hayek in Vienna, Austria; author (The Road to Serfdom) / co-recipient of Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (1974) (dies 1992). [1] [5]
• Birth of Jan F van Hall Dutch sculptor/resistance fighter. [1]

May 9

• Birth of Edward Pollock saxophone/clarinet. [1]

May 10

• Birth of Fred Astaire Omaha Nebraska, tap dancer/actor (Easter Parade, Swingtime). [1]

May 17

• Birth of Ralf Harolde Pittsburgh Pennsylvania; actor (Framed, Smart Money, Tip-off). [1]

May 19

• Birth of Leonid Maksimovich Leonov novelist/playwright. [1]

May 20

• Birth of Estelle Taylor [Boylan] Wilmington Delaware, actress (8 Commandments). [1]
• Birth of John M Harlan Chicago Illinois, 91st Supreme Court justice (1955-71). [1]

May 21

• Birth of Ilse Lagner writer. [1]
• Birth of Ralph Sanford Springfield Massachusetts; actor (Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp). [1]

May 24

• Birth of Suzanne Lenglen France, Wimbledon tennis champion (6-times). [1]

May 26

• Birth of Otto E Neugebauer Austrian/US math historian. [1]
• Birth of Pieter Menten Dutch war criminal. [1]

May 31

• Birth of Leonid Leonow writer. [1]

June 1

• Birth of Werner Janssen New York City, conductor/composer (New Years Eve in New York). [1]

June 7

• Birth of Elizabeth Bowen Dublin, novelist (The Death of the Heart). [1]

June 11

• Birth of Yasonari Kawabata Japan, novelist (Thousand Cranes). [1]

June 13

• Birth of Carlos Chávez Mexico City, conductor/composer (Sinfonía India). [1]

June 16

• Birth of Nelson Doubleday US, publisher (Doubleday). [1]

June 20

• Birth of Helen Traubel Saint Louis, Missouri, soprano (or 6/16/1903). [1]
• Birth of Jean Moulin hero of the French Resistance during WW II. [1]

July 1

• Birth of Charles Laughton England; actor (Mutiny on the Bounty). [1]

July 7

• Birth of George Cukor producer/director (Adam's Rib, Philadelphia Story). [1]

July 11

• Birth of E.B. White; writer (Charlotte's Web, Elements of Style). [1] [5]

July 17

• James Cagney is born. [5]

July 21

• Birth of Ernest Hemmingway Oak Park, for whom the bell tolled... (Nobel Prize 1954). [1]
• Birth of Hart Crane US, poet (The Bridge). [1]

July 25

• Birth of Ralph Dumke Indiana; actor (Movieland Quiz). [1]

July 26

• Birth of Danton Walker Mariette Georgia, columnist (Broadway Spotlight). [1]

July 27

• Birth of Harl McDonald near Boulder Colorado, composer (Santa Fé Trail). [1]

July 30

• Birth of Gerald Moore England, pianist (Am I Too Loud). [1]

August 1

• Birth of William Steinberg Cologne, conductor (Boston Symph-1969-71). [1]

August 5

• Birth of Conrad Aiken US, poet/short story writer/critic (Selected Poems). [1]

August 10

• Birth of Jack Haley Boston Massachusetts; actor (Ford Star Revue). [1]

August 13

• Birth of Alfred Hitchcock London, director (Psycho, Birds, Rear Window). [1]

August 16

• Birth of Glenn Strange Weed New Mexico; actor (Sam the Bartender-Gunsmoke). [1]

August 24

• Birth of Jorge Luis Borges Argentina, writer of fiction, essays (Labyrinths). [1]

August 27

• Birth of C.S. Forester Engl, historical novelist, created Horatio Hornblower. [1]

August 29

• Birth of George Macready Providence Rhode Island; actor (Martin Peyton-Peyton Place). [1]
• Birth of Lyman L Lemnitzer US Army General (WW II), Chief of Staff, US Army and Nato Commander. [1]

September 6

• Birth of Billy Rose theatrical producer (Diamond Horse Show). [1]

September 9

• Birth of Neil Hamilton Lynn Massachusetts; actor (Commisioner Gordon-Batman). [1]

September 14

• Birth of Hal Wallis movie producer (Maltese Falcon, Barefoot in the Park). [1]
• In Los Angeles, California, Hugo Benioff is born. [53]

September 15

• Birth of Milton S Eisenhower Dwight's brother/Pennsylvania State president. [1]

September 16

• Birth of Hans Swarowsky Budapest Hungary, conductor (Graz Opera 1947-50). [1]

September 20

• Birth of Elliot Nugent director (And so They were Married). [1]

October 2

• Birth of Nat Turner famous African. [1]

October 3

• Birth of Gertrude Berg Harlem New York City, actress (Molly Goldberg-The Goldbergs). [1]

October 9

• Birth of Bruce Catton civil war historian. [1]

October 14

• Birth of Alan Washbond US, two-man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1932). [1]

October 19

• Birth of Miguel Asturias Guatemala, poet/novelist/diplomat (Nobel Prize 1967). [1]

November 11

• Birth of Harold "Pie" Traynor baseball hall of fame third baseman (Pittsburgh Pirates). [1]
• Birth of Pat O'Brien Milwaukee; actor (Knute Rockne, Angels with Dirty Faces). [1]

November 16

• Birth of Mary Margaret McBride Paris Missouri, radio personality (WOR-AM, New York City). [1]

November 18

• Birth of Eugene Ormandy (Blau) Budapest, Hungary, conductor (Philadelphia Orchestra). [1]

November 19

• Birth of Allen Tate US, poet (Mr Pope and Other Poems). [1]
• Birth of Howard Thurman famous African. [1]

November 22

• Birth of Hoagy Carmichael Bloomington Indiana; actor/songwriter (Stardust). [1]

December 1

• Birth of Robert Welch found John Birch Society. [1]

December 2

• Birth of John Barbirolli English conductor (New York Philharmonic Orchestra). [1]

December 4

• Birth of Douwe Hermans Kiestra [Harm Harmstra] Frisian farmer/writer. [1]

December 5

• Birth of Sonny Boy Williamson [Aleck Miller] blues player. [1]

December 6

• Birth of Harry Buller Siege Willis son of South Africa boer in Ladysmith. [1]
• Birth of Nikolai Batalov Moscow Russia; actor (Mother). [1]

December 8

• Birth of James "Pigmeat" Jarrett pianist. [1]
• Birth of John Qualen Vancouver British Columbia; actor (Grapes of Wrath, The Searchers). [1]
• Birth of Sarah Williamson US missionary in Liberia. [1]

December 9

• Birth of Frans van Amelsvoort Dutch choir conductor. [1]
• Birth of Howard Freeman Helena Montana; actor (Double Dynamite). [1]
• Birth of Jean de Brunhoff France, children's book author (Babar the Elephant). [1]
• Birth of Leonie Fuller Adams US poetess (Those not elected). [1]

December 11

• Birth of Vera von der Heydt psychoanalyst. [1]

December 13

• Birth of Harold Guinzburg publisher (founder of Literary Guild). [1]
• Birth of Yusef Greiss composer. [1]

December 15

• Birth of Frank Vosper London England; actor (Man Who Knew Too Much). [1]

December 16

• Birth of Harold Walter Bailey philologist. [1]
• Birth of Sir Noel Coward playwright (In Which We Serve-1942 Academy Award). [1]

December 21

• Birth of Guy Wilkerson Texas; actor (Dead or Alive, West of Texas, Shootin' Iron). [1]

December 22

• Birth of Gustaf Gruendgens Duesseldorf Germany; actor/director (M). [1]
• Birth of Hoagy Carmichael Bloomington Indiana, pianist/composer. [1]
• Birth of Wiley Post Texas, aviation pioneer. [1]

December 25

• Birth of Frank Fergusson actor (My Friend Flicka, Peyton Place). [1]
• Birth of Humphrey Bogart in New York, New York, USA; actor (Casablanca). [1] [5]
• Birth of Raphael Soyer artist (Arts and Letters 1945, Depression Scenes in New York City). [1]

December 27

• Birth of Paul Costello US, double sculls (Olympics-gold-1920, 1924, 1928). [1]

December 31

• Birth of Gaston Glass Paris France, film executive. [1]
• Birth of Silvestre Revueltas Santiago Papasquiaro México, composer (Sensemaya). [1]